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Singing, as a communal exercise, can break down social barriers, reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
The problems facing the NHS have been years in the making: a result of poor decision-making, lack of political consensus and chronic underinvestment.
COVID and the cost of living crisis are exacerbating the struggles informal carers face. Their labour deserves recognition.
Ambulance services are facing unfair criticism for a situation which is not of their making. The workforce is in crisis, with system-wide pressures seriously hampering their ability to do their jobs.
Care workers in England have faced impossible pressures during lockdown. The government needs to ensure better pay and working conditions.
Without funding and thorough resources, reforms to our mental health care system will not be effective.
Experts on poverty in Britain explain how destitution affects different groups of people and aspects of life.
A new health and social care levy will be introduced in the upcoming tax year. Here’s how it will hit your payslip.
Care workers, care recipients, think tanks and parliament itself agree that social care reform is urgently needed. But this plan’s lack of detail and insufficient funding suggest that it a ways off.
Social care has long been the healthcare system’s poor cousin. Will the UK government’s new plans to reform the system succeed where others have not?
Teenagers transitioning from long-term care to independent adulthood need to be looked after. Their health, wellbeing, education and their safety are at risk
Boris Johnson is raising national insurance for employees and employers to help pay for the NHS and social care.
Key loopholes in the proposed cap on social care spending mean all assets won’t necessarily be protected.
Some economists think it should be replaced.
With an ageing population, pandemic recovery and climate emergency in the in-tray, social care is not the only thing the chancellor has to finance.
Social workers worried that moving services online decreased quality and access.
The UK government is about to reform social care, but the focus is likely to be on funding, not the companies that are allowed to have a stake in the sector.
Economic recovery and solving the care crisis can and should go hand in hand.
After the devastating impact of COVID, changing the culture of social care must start with valuing, respecting and rewarding the people who look after our vulnerable old people.
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Professor of Health and Social Care, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Applied Social Science, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Professor of Citizen Participation, University of Essex
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Independent researcher
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Professor in International Social Policy, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, The Open University
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Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Lecturer in Nursing, University of Birmingham
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Reader in Social Work, University of York
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Reader in Nursing Ethics, University of Surrey
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Visiting Professor in Social Care, Buckinghamshire New University
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent
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Professor of Housing and Communities, University of Huddersfield
